Reverse Dictionary: GROUCHY

ADJECTIVES
► GRUNTY irritable, grouchy → 1892 Amer. dial.
► OUT OF ONE’S GEARS out of sorts; irritable, grouchy → a1700 obs.
► PUDGETTY  ► PUDJICKY  ► PUTCHITY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → 1866 Amer. dial.
► PUTCHY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → 1905 Amer. dial.
► PUXY sensitive; sullen; pettish; grouchy, peevish → 1921 Amer. dial.

NOUNS
► MILL DAYS days of moodiness, gloominess, and grouchiness → 1946 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CRAB a grouchy, stingy person → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CRAB PATCH a grouchy person → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► FAT APPLE a grouchy person → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► FRUMP a prim, grouchy old woman → 1817
► GROUCH-BOX an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer → 1960 Amer. dial.
► GROUCH-POT an irritable or grouchy person; a scolder; a mean, bad-tempered person; one who always finds fault; a complainer → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GRUMBLE BRAIN a grouchy person → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► GRUNT an ill-tempered, grouchy person; a mean, bad-tempered person → 1968 Amer. dial., derogatory